We were like, holy smokes, its right there. It sure was. Every stunning detail. Snapple iced tea seemed like the perfect tool to put the poison inside. Was this a loving spouse or a lethal one . Police were in for a killer surprise. I felt like the gates of hell were opening. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Tonight, hoda kotb. How much do we reveal to the ones we love . Do we keep our betrayals hidden behind closed doors . Or do we hide in plain sight, masking our deeds with words . A text message that says, im fine, just clearing my head. That was kevin mengel for a time, clearing his head, he told his family and friends. Facebook status, wants to be left alone. Maybe he just had enough and took a vacation for himself. But there was a trail of electronic messages that seemed to tell another story. A far more sinister one. We were floored when it was all there for us to read. You cant make this stuff up. Which was fact and which was fiction . These Text Messages dont even seem rea
Closed doors . She laughed and said, no, theres no affair. Someone was keeping secrets, and even police couldnt wrap their heads around this one until they found it, a trail of texts. We were like, holy smokes, its right there. It sure was. Every stunning detail. Snapple iced tea seemed the perfect tool to put the poison inside. Was this a loving spouse or a lethal one . Police were in for a killer surprise. I feel like the gates of hell are opening. I dont know what they were thinking. Hello. And welcome to dateline. Kevin and Morgan Mengel had their share of ups and downs, but through it all they seemed to make it work. Then one of them disappeared. It would take a familys relentless pursuit of the truth to jump start the investigation, but soon a stunning confrontation in a parking lot would put police on the trail of a killer and reveal a diabolical recipe for murder. Heres hoda kotb with toxic. How much do we reveal to the ones we love . Do we keep our betrayals hidden behind clos
Constitutional referendum. Well have a live on cspan to at 10 30 eastern on cspan2. We will focus on two stay today. Were in columbus, ohio and later well of taped coverage of the meeting in north carolina. Becketts underway at noon eastern on cspan3. Rely that 12 15 with a discussion on raising the medicare eligibility age. You can watch it on cspan2. We want to beat on every device or every person at every hour of the day. Were a mobile society. The challenge is to make sure were on pads, computers, phones, as well as in the traditional living room on the highdefinition television screen. The other challenge is that spectrum is a finite resource and others want that resource. Theres not enough spectrum to do all video by broadband. Our architecture verses the irs theyre system will always fail. You cannot do that. Tonight, gordon smith at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. President obama was in newtown, connecticut, last night to one of the victims of fridays mass shooting. He met privat
Some are asking whether that is an indication on whether he will push for stronger gun control laws. Question for you is and should u. S. Gun laws change . Here are the numbers to call you can also find us online. Send us a tweet or join the conversation on facebook, or send us an email. Our question for you is whether u. S. Gun laws should change . Heres the headline in usa today jumping down into the story, it says others are exploring the question of gun laws. We will hear some comments from members of congress this morning. Congressional democrats are vowing to push for stricter gun control laws. Several democratic lawmakers called yesterday for a new push for gun restrictions, including a ban on militarystyle assault weapons in the wake of the connecticut massacre. Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein is the author of an assault weapons ban that lapsed in 2004. She said she would introduce new legislation soon. Senator dick durbin said that lawmakers will hold hearings on guncontro
Drilling. Now we will go live to the house floor here and cspan. Guest pleased to be here. Host you are here to talk about the Electoral College. The election wrapped up over a month ago. Why are we talking about the Electoral College and what happens today . Guest this is the next step in the election. The Electoral College is not a place but a process. Today is the process where the electors get together in each state, and they go through a complex process. But it is generally managed by the secretary of state or some other officials, and they give their votes for the electors in that state for a particular president. President obama has 332 Electoral College votes and romney has 206. So in the states where romney won, those electors will vote for him. And in the next step is for them to send it to six different places in washington, d. C. , but the main thing is they send a record of this to the senate. The senate than tallies them, puts them in two mahogany boxes. One box and they